Raspberry plant variety named&#39;abb 132&#39;

ABSTRACT

The new and distinct variety of raspberry plant variety ‘ABB 132’ is provided. The variety can be distinguished by its outstanding features of early autumn production, high productivity, and easily regrown after mow down.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC § 119 to Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) Application No. 20221155 for Community Plant Variety Rights, filed on May 4, 2022, for a raspberry plant with a variety denomination of ‘ABB 132’, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

Latin name of the Genus and Species: Botanical classification: a. Genus—Rubus. b. Species—idaeus L.

Variety denomination: The new raspberry plant claimed is of the variety denominated ‘ABB 132’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a new and distinct annual variety of raspberry plant, which has been given the variety denomination of ‘ABB 132’.

Background of the Related Art

Raspberries are the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family. Most raspberry species are in the subgenus Idaeobatus. Raspberry plants are perennial plants with woody stems. Many of the most important modern commercial red raspberry cultivars derive from hybrids between R. idaeus and R. strigosus. Recent breeding has resulted in cultivars that are thornless and more strongly upright, not needing staking.

Both the red and the black raspberry species have albino like pale-yellow natural or horticultural variants. Fruits from such plants are called golden raspberries or yellow raspberries. Most pale-fruited raspberries commercially sold in the eastern United States are derivatives of red raspberries. Yellow-fruited variants of the black raspberry are sometimes grown in home gardens. Despite their dissimilar appearance, golden raspberries retain the distinctive flavor of their respective red or black species.

An individual raspberry fruit is made up of around 100 drupelets, each of which contains a juicy pulp and a single central seed. A raspberry bush can yield several hundred berries in a year. Unlike blackberries and dewberries, a raspberry has a hollow core once it is removed from the receptacle.

Raspberries are traditionally planted in the winter as dormant canes, but planting plugs produced by tissue culture is also common. Additionally, the long cane production method consists of growing canes for one year in cold climates where the bud break is early, and then transplanting the canes to warmer climates where they quickly flower and can produce an early season crop. A very vigorous crop, raspberries spread well and can be considered invasive, using extended underground shoots (also known as suckers or basal shoots) that can develop roots and individual plants.

Raspberries are a popular fruit that are recognized for their antioxidants, high fiber, and as a good source of vitamin C. Raspberry fruit is typically consumed as fresh fruit, individually quick frozen (IQF) fruit, or in prepared foods, such as purees, juices, jellies, jams, grocery items, baked goods, and snack foods.

Raspberry is an important and valuable commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world. Accordingly, there is a need for new varieties of raspberry plant. In particular, there is a need for improved varieties of raspberry plant that are stable, high yielding, and agronomically sound.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct annual variety of raspberry, which has been given the variety denomination of ‘ABB 132’ and is intended for use as fresh fruit.

The new raspberry variety is a selection resulting from a sexual cross of raspberry plants at De Kwakel, Netherlands in 2014, involving a seed parent known as ‘22’ (unpatented) and a pollen parent known as ‘211157-009’(unpatented).

The selection was subsequently evaluated for a number of years at Rossum, Netherlands.

Asexual reproduction of the new variety by cutting propagation since 2016 at Rossum, Netherlands has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the morphological characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.

Selection criteria included earliness, productivity, fruit color.

The following characteristics of the new variety have been repeatedly observed and can be used to distinguish ‘ABB 132’ as a new and distinct variety of raspberry plant: early autumn production, high productivity, easily regrown after mow down.

Plants of the new variety differ from plants of the seed parent ‘22’ primarily in earlier autumn production, flowering as “true primocane” (i.e., flowers from top to bottom bud in the first year), rapid regrowth after cut back, and rapid regrowth after mow down as set forth in Table 1. Pollen parent ‘211157-009’ (unpatented) no longer exists so plants of the new variety were compared to plants of similar selection ‘62’ (also referred to as ‘Advabertwee’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23914). Plants of the new variety differ from plants of ‘62’ primarily in early production, higher productivity, and nicer fruit as set forth in Table 2.

TABLE 1 Similar Candidate Seed variety level variety level parent Characteristics of expression of expression ‘22’ Spines Medium Same ‘22’ Color fruit Medium Same ‘22’ Earliness primocane Early Early ‘22’ Fruit shape Unregular shape Nice shape

TABLE 2 Similar Candidate Similar variety level variety level variety Characteristics of expression of expression ‘62’ Spines Medium Same ‘62’ Color fruit Medium Same ‘62’ Earliness primocane Mid-late Early ‘62’ Fruit firmness Very firm Firm ‘62’ Primocane Medium-high High productivity

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying photographic illustrations show the typical appearance of the new variety ‘ABB 132’. The colors are as nearly true as is reasonably possible in a color representation of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describes the colors of the new plant.

FIG. 1 is a photograph of the new variety ‘ABB 132’, demonstrating flowering from top to lowest bud (true primocane).

FIG. 2 is a photograph of the fruit new variety ‘ABB 132’.

FIG. 3 is a photograph of new variety ‘ABB 132’, demonstrating rapid regrowth after mow down.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘ABB 132’. The datum which defines these characteristics was collected from asexual reproductions of the original selection. Dimensions, sizes, colors, and other characteristics are approximations and averages set forth as accurately as possible. The plant history was taken on plants approximately 16 weeks, and the descriptions relate to plants grown in Rossum, Netherlands. Color notations are in reference to the standard Color Chart RHS 2015.

-   Classification:     -   -   a. Family.—Rosaceae.         -   b. Botanical.—Rubus ideaus L.         -   c. Common name.—Raspberry.         -   d. Variety name.—‘ABB 132’. -   Parentage:     -   -   a. Female parent.—‘22’.         -   b. Male parent.—‘211157-009’.

PLANT

-   General:     -   -   a. Height.—150-200 cm.         -   b. Width.—80-100 cm.         -   c. Length/width ratio.—Average.         -   d. Growth habit.—Upright.         -   e. Primocane (current year's cane).—i. Color —             Green-135D. ii. Cane length in autumn — 150-200 cm. iii.             Internodal distance at central ⅓ of cane — 7 cm. iv.             Anthocyanin coloration of cane — Absent. v. Cane bloom —             Very strong. vi. Time of cane emergence — Early.         -   f. Very young shoot.—i. Anthocyanin coloration of apex             during rapid growth — Very weak.         -   g. Floricane (previous year's cane).—i. Dormant cane color —             Greyish brown-brown-174B. ii. Fruiting lateral attitude —             Semi-erect. iii. Fruiting lateral length — Medium.         -   h. Prickles (spines).—i. Presence — Present. ii. Density —             Medium. iii. Length at 1 inch in height at end of harvest             (from base to tip) — Short. iv. Color — Purplish-brown -59A.         -   i. Fruit storage life and shipping quality.—Good.         -   j. Market use.—Fresh.         -   k. Hardiness zone(heat/cold tolerance).—Extremely wide             range.         -   l. Plant/fruit disease and pest             resistance/susceptibility.—Low vulnerability for mildew and             low vulnerability for spider mites.

LEAVES

-   General:     -   -   a. Predominant number of leaflets.—3.         -   b. Profile of leaflets in cross section.—Straight, somewhat             concave.         -   c. Leaf rugosity.—Weak.         -   d. Color of upper side.—Dark-139A.         -   e. Color of lower side.—Light greyish green-191A.         -   f. Surface texture of upper side.—Weak rugosity.         -   g. Surface texture of lower side.—Weak.         -   h. Terminal leaflet.—i. Length — Long. ii. Width —             Medium. iii. Length/width ratio — Medium. iv. Margin —             serrate. v. Overall shape — Rounded oval. vi. Apex shape —             Acuminate. vii. Base shape — Elliptical oval.         -   i. Later leaflets.—i. Length — Long. ii. Width —             Medium. iii. Length/width ratio — Medium. iv. Relative             position of lateral leaflets — Touching. v. Margin —             Serrate. vi. Overall shape — Rounded oval. vii. Apex shape —             Acuminate. viii. Base shape — Elliptical-oval.

FLOWERS

-   General:     -   -   a. Diameter.—Medium.         -   b. Petal.—i. Length — Medium. ii. Width — Medium. iii.             Length/width —Medium. iv. Color of upper side — 155C. v.             Color of lower side — 155C.         -   c. Peduncle.—i. Anthocyanin coloration — Absent.

FRUIT

-   General:     -   -   a. Length.—Long.         -   b. Diameter.—Wide.         -   c. Length/width ratio.—Wide.         -   d. General shape in lateral view.—(Broad) conical.         -   e. Color.—Light red-34A.         -   f. Glossiness.—Strong.         -   g. Firmness.—Strong.         -   h. Adherence to plug.—Weak.         -   i. Size of single drupe.—Small.         -   j. Number of drupelets per berry.—High.         -   k. Average weight per berry.—5-6 grams.

PRODUCTION

-   General:     -   -   a. Main bearing type.—True primocane.         -   b. Primocane(current year's cane).—i. Time of beginning of             flowering — Very early. ii. Time of beginning of fruit             ripening — Early. iii. Length of fruiting period —             Medium-long. iv. Yield — High.         -   c. Floricane (previous year's cane).—i. Time of vegetative             bud burst — Medium. ii. Time of beginning of flowering —             Medium. iii. Time of beginning of fruit ripening —             Early-medium. iv. Yield — Medium. 

1. A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant named ‘ABB 132’, as illustrated and described herein. 